Correspondence and subject files of the Chief Information Officer of the Virginia Information Technologies Agency, 1981-2021

Access and use

Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Archives Reference Services
Phone: (804) 692-3888
Restrictions:

There are no access restrictions.

Terms of access:

There are no use restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Correspondence and subject files of the Chief Information Officer of the Virginia Information Technologies Agency, 1981-2021, State government records collection. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va.

Summary

Creator:
Virginia Information Technologies Agency
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Correspondence and subject files of the Chief Information Officer of the Virginia Information Technologies Agency, 1981-2021, State government records collection. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

Correspondence and Subject Files of the Chief Information Officer, 1981-2021, consist of 5 boxes and are arranged in original order. These records document the planning, administrative activities, functions, major achievements and initiatives, and the implementation of agency programs, and are evidence of actions and policy decisions. Contains Chronological correspondence of the Director, 2004-2020; Presentations, 2004-2021; and Reports and subject files, 1981-2019. Includes correspondence, agreements, conference materials, memoranda, plans, presentations, reports and studies.

Biographical / historical:

The Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA) was approved by the General Assembly on 2 April 2003 during Governor Mark R. Warner's administration to provide information technology that enables the government to better serve the public. VITA serves as the Commonwealth's consolidated, centralized information technology organization. The newly created agency superseded the Department of Information Technology and the Department of Technology Planning. Its responsibilities include the operation of information technology infrastructure for the executive branch agencies, the governance of information technology investments, and the procurement of technology on behalf of other state agencies and institutions of higher learning. The Information Technology Investment Board (ITIB) was created along with VITA to review and prioritize enterprise-wide technology investments across state government. The Board is also responsible for appointing the Chief Information Officer (CIO) to serve as VITA's chief administrative officer.

Responsibility for the 911 Services Board and the Virginia Geographic Information Network Advisory Board was transferred from VITA to the Virginia Dept. of Emergency Services in 2020 (HB 1003, Chap. 423, approved March 23, 2020).

Chief Information Officers include: Lemuel C. Stewart, Jr., 2003-2009; Samuel Nixon, Jr., 2010-2015; Nelson P. Moe, 2015-2020.

Acquisition information:
Accession 53612 transferred by the Virginia Information Technologies Agency, 5 May 2022.
Processing information:

This collection has been processed using minimal processing standards: the original arrangement has been maintained, the container list is brief and simple, and the records have not been refoldered and fasteners have not been removed.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged into the original order.

Physical description:
5 cu. ft. (5 boxes)